This document proposes a low-cost hydraulic lift system using a rack and pinion mechanism. Traditionally, hydraulic lifts use components like reservoirs, pumps, relief valves, and manual valves which increase costs. The proposed design replaces some components with a rack driven by a DC motor to lift a platform with four syringes, demonstrating Pascal's law. It concludes the design could reduce costs for earthmoving and industrial equipment by simplifying hydraulic systems.
This document proposes a low-cost hydraulic lift system using a rack and pinion mechanism. Traditionally, hydraulic lifts use components like reservoirs, pumps, relief valves, and manual valves which increase costs. The proposed design replaces some components with a rack driven by a DC motor to lift a platform with four syringes, demonstrating Pascal's law. It concludes the design could reduce costs for earthmoving and industrial equipment by simplifying hydraulic systems.
This document proposes a low-cost hydraulic lift system using a rack and pinion mechanism. Traditionally, hydraulic lifts use components like reservoirs, pumps, relief valves, and manual valves which increase costs. The proposed design replaces some components with a rack driven by a DC motor to lift a platform with four syringes, demonstrating Pascal's law. It concludes the design could reduce costs for earthmoving and industrial equipment by simplifying hydraulic systems.
This document proposes a low-cost hydraulic lift system using a rack and pinion mechanism. Traditionally, hydraulic lifts use components like reservoirs, pumps, relief valves, and manual valves which increase costs. The proposed design replaces some components with a rack driven by a DC motor to lift a platform with four syringes, demonstrating Pascal's law. It concludes the design could reduce costs for earthmoving and industrial equipment by simplifying hydraulic systems.
Hydraulic lifting machines are widely used for the lifting, moving and pushing function in mining,
construction and steel industries and in material handling equipments. Since 1950s the
applications of hydraulic systems have been started in the industries and this form of power has
become standard for the operations of industrial equipments. Today, modern automation
technology has a very important place for hydraulic systems. The reason for this is that hydraulic
systems are simple, versatile and efficient for the transmission of power. The main job of a
hydraulic system is the transmission the power as the power is changed from one form to
another. As these hydraulic systems are popularly used in the manufacturing and production
plants, therefore it is required that they are reliable and efficient equipments to achieve the
desired results from them like transmission of large amount of forces with the use of smaller
components which means good power intensity and precise positioning of the equipment with
consistent power output. These systems operate smoothly with reversal function possibility and
can work well in high temperature environment conditions. These systems are thus cost
considerably to provide the above functions and therefore the same system is modified using a simple rack and pinion mechanism to lower its cost and allowing further research and
modification in it to make it able to provide all the above functions with the same efficiency. [2]
2. LITERATURE REVIEW
The traditional hydraulic system consists of various useful components which allows it to
perform the lifting functions precisely. These components are costly and if any part is faulty then
the replacement of that part costs much, therefore the need for a low cost, simple mechanism,
hydraulic system is required. As you can see in the below figure traditionally there are
components like reservoir which contains the hydraulic fluid which is incompressible. The size of
the reservoir depends on the size of the system and the amount of hydraulic fluid required by it
and thus the cost of it also increases with this. Another main component is the fluid pump which
pumps the fluid from the reservoir to the cylinder, it should be of high power to pump the
incompressible fluid in the system and a manual plunger is used to control the direction of this
pumped fluid, this plunger directs the fluid to the upper section of the cylinder or the lower
section according to the demand. A relief valve is also added before the manual plunger so that
when the load on the hydraulic ram is high, then the excess pressure on the pump is reduced by
the relief valve by passing the fluid to the reservoir. Some components can be replaced by a
simple rack and pinion mechanism and thus reducing the overall cost of the hydraulic lift.
3. METHODOLOGY
This project is based on Pascal Law and Fluid machinery concept with the involvement of Rack &
Pinion.
IDEA OF IMPLEMENTATION Now we take four 50 ml plastic syringe as hydraulic cylinder. We take one more syringe and
filled it with water/oil and now we connected both syringe with plastic tube as shown below.
If we pressurized one syringe second syringe lift up according to Pascal law, same phenomena
work with another syringe too. Now we plan to construct this Pascal law concept as a final
project. We use two syringes and coupled with one sliding mechanism and this mechanism is
powered from a slow DC gear motor for Lifting good and vehicles
4. PROJECT CONSTRUCTION
[1] First we arrange one sliding channel and fix it on a wooden frame.
[2] We use 8mm iron rode and cross on between 2 bearing stand. Then we fix one Pinion gear in
between 2 bearing stand. This pinion gear rolls over rack mechanism which is fixed on sliding
channel. [3] We attach one DC gear motor with rod shaft gear for sliding movement to the entire set.
[4] We attach one syringe with sliding channel. Sliding mechanism provides smooth and constant
fluid pressure to the syringe fluid.
[5] Now we construct a simple car lifting platform with help of 4 syringes and connect with
master syringe. When the master syringe cylinder injects fluid to 4 syringes, platform lifts up as
shown in figure
5. COMPONENT USED:
1. Slow speed Crouzet motor gearbox
(Powerful gear motor. 10 RPM @ 12 Vdc / 90 mA (noload). Operates on 4-15 Vdc. 3.6" x 2.36" x
2.24" overall dimensions. Crouzet motor and final drive shaft, both extend from the same side of
